Classic Baseball Broadcasts

Feb 02 2025 137 ep. 9 mins 6
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Baseball's Golden Era features over 1000 old-time radio broadcasts. Dating back to Babe Ruth all the way to Reggie Jackson. Hear it the way America heard it back in the day.

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Fredric Michael Lynn was born on February 3, 1952 - Daily Rewind

Feb 02 2025 16 mins  
Fredric Michael Lynn was born on February 3, 1952He arrived on the big league scene like a bolt of lightning through the evening sky. Fred Lynn played in his first game on September 5, 1974 and proceeded to smash major league pitching to the tune of a .419 batting average and a .698 slugging average over his first 15 games. He followed that up with one of the greatest rookie season

Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame - Daily Rewind

Feb 01 2025 11 mins  
February 2, 1969 – Pitchers Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.Stan Coveleski learned control as a youngster by throwing rocks at tin cans that swung from a tree. Though he pitched a shutout in his first big league start with the Athletics in 1912, it was the spitball he later learned in the Minor Leagues. in 1913-1915,

Billy Sullivan Jr the first father son team to play in World Series - Daily Rewind

Jan 31 2025 13 mins  
Feb 1 1875 Billy Sullivan born is born, he will debut in 1898. Despite being a notoriously poor hitter, Billy Sullivan is generally regarded as one of the best defensive catchers of the Deadball Era.In 1901, Sullivan jumped to the Chicago White Sox of the new American League and was the catcher in the circuit's first game, collecting a pair of hits in an 8-2 Chicago victory over th

Rogers Hornsby amazing streak - Daily Rewind

Jan 30 2025 8 mins  
On January 31 1927 – National League President John Heydler rules that Rogers Hornsby cannot continue to both hold stock in the St. Louis Cardinals and play for the New York Giants. Seemingly oblivious, the Cards’ board of directors, meeting in St. Louis, votes stockholders a 10% dividend, earning Hornsby $2916 for his 1167 shares.Hornsby had a fabulous stretch from 1921-1925.

Sandy Amoros makes the catch - Daily Rewind

Jan 29 2025 8 mins  
January 30, 1930 Sandy Amoros is born in Matanzas, CubaAt 20 he made the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games, Amorós led Cuba to a Gold Medal with 6 home runs in 7 games. He then turned to America to turn pro, first playing for the New York Cubans in the Negro Leagues in 1950 and in the Dominican Republic during the summer of 1951, he will finally debut for the Brooklyn Dodg

Roberto Clemente picks up Tris Speaker Award - Daily Rewind

Jan 28 2025 24 mins  
On January 29 1971 — In accepting the Tris Speaker Award from Houston sportswriters, Roberto Clemente gives a speech which, apart from being called by many of those in attendance “the best talk any baseball player ever made,” is the source of Clemente’s most famous – if oft misquoted – assertion: “If you have an opportunity to accomplish something that will make thing

Goose Goslin credits an interview for his Hall Call - Daily Rewind

Jan 27 2025 8 mins  
On January 28, 1968 — Goose Goslin, a former Washington Senator and Detroit Tigers Tiger outfielder who retired with a career .316 batting average after playing in five World Series, and Kiki Cuyler, a .321 career hitter who won four stolen base crowns while running the bases for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs, are elected into the Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote of the

Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker get cleared for fixing games - Daily Rewind

Jan 26 2025 7 mins  
On January 27 1927 -- Citing accuser Dutch Leonard's refusal to appear at the hearings of January 5th, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis issues a lengthy decision clearing Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker of any game-fixing charges. Landis orders the Philadelphia Athletics to reinstate Cobb and the Washington Senators 

Ford Frick ushers in new deadball era - Daily Rewind

Jan 25 2025 9 mins  
On January 26, 1963, Alarmed by such increased home run numbers across the Majors, Ford Frick convinced the owners to agree to having the strike zone widened before the 1963 season. The zone will stretch from the top of the batter’s shoulders to the bottom of the knees. The committee hopes the return to the 1950s strike zone will result in a decrease in runs scored.The results wi

Lefty Gomez - SOLD by Bombers - Daily Rewind

Jan 24 2025 10 mins  
On January 25, 1943, the Yankees sell future Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez to the rival Boston Braves. Gomez will never pitch in a game for the Braves, who decided to release the veteran southpaw. Gomez will eventually sign with the Washington Senators. Gomez will make 1 start for the Senators, and never pitch again allowing 3 runs over 4.2 innings. Years before Joe DiMaggio came